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Good morning,

Here is a listening activity, click on this link and answer the following questions:

1.     What is the speaker’s name and expertise?

Twistean and she is a language teacher. Her expertise is vocabulary acquisition. 

2.     List all the different effective ways to learn new vocabulary that the lady has mentioned in her talk; use present simple tense to write the steps.

You need to read histories, arctics, books, websites, magazines, newspapers, etc. 

Ask a friend about definition or look at the dictionary. 

Write them down and review regularly. Separate in groups: ex: nouns, adjectives,verbs,etc. Separate in alphabetic order.Make some sentences with the new words.

3.     How many parts in the talk?

There are 3 parts.

4.     What is a ‘Word Journal’? What you need to do with it?

 This is a method to acquire vocabulary. You need to organize your words in parts of group.. and find the verb, noun and synonymous or antonyms.

5.     What were the examples that she has mentioned with the words family and collocations?

6.     Use the following table to learn the new vocabulary and then add any new word that you find it hard for you:

Word	Definition	Sentence
Demystify	to make (something) clear and easy to understand	I will demystify the human behavior.
Repertoire	the complete list or supply of skills, devices, or ingredients used in a particular field, occupation, or practice	My repertorie in portuguese is very interesting.
Infinite	immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive	We have a infinite space in our house.
Encounter	to meet (someone) without expecting or intending to	I encouter my husband walking with our dog.
Lexicon	the words used in a language or by a person or group of people	--
Exponentially	very fast : increasingly rapid	My husband learn another language exponentially.
Collocations	the act or result of placing or arranging together	She needs to arrange other collocation to my friend and my husband because they don't stop to talk!